So I’m taking over recapping duties for Games of Thrones this season as Duana is focusing on Mad Men’s final season. I came a little late to the Thrones party but my positions are the following:
I don’t have a favorite house because I’m convinced everyone is going to die; Jon Snow is The Worst; I’m here for the Tyrion and Varys Travelling Road Show; I want to be Brienne of Tarth when I grow up; Arya Stark is my spirit animal; direwolves make the best pets; R + L = J; SANSA FINALLY; f*ck the Lannisters, except for Tyrion, he’s cool; The North remembers; I wish the Khaleesi would DO SOMETHING but I appreciate that she is learning about governance from the ground up; I haven’t read the books but it doesn’t matter because this is a TV show and it should work on its own; I have read the WikiFull Story

As expected, the Game Of Thrones panel at Comic-Con this weekend was a big deal. And it was a chance to say goodbye to a couple of our favourite characters. Also a look-ahead to Season 5. So here are Gidget and Oberyn Martell alongside Jon Snow and Arya Stark and the Hound and Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister who, for me at least, is quickly becoming the Pacey Witter of this show. Full Story

Cameron Diaz is still working on The Other Woman in New York. I feel like her entire wardrobe in this movie is white. Am I crazy? Anyway, today’s scene involved her being groped in public by Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, the Kingslayer in a neck brace. That’s not entirely acting, is it? Maybe it is. Full Story

Let me put this out there for you right now...
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau > Alexander Skarsgard. Get on board with that.
Did you see him on Saturday Night Live?! What I’m saying is that I clutched the sheets. Also, when he reached out last night on Game Of Thrones, with his remaining hand, to hold back Brienne’s knife? Jesus, I might need some Lannister-Tarth fan fiction. Full Story

Or is it the other way around. The headline on Conan’s site reads “Nicolaj Coster-Waldau almost peed on George Clooney” but the way the Kingslayer tells the story, I think it might have been George Clooney leaking on Jaime Lanniser. Full Story

Game Of Thrones Season 3 Episode 1 recap
We’re back! Delightfully, though it’s been almost a year, absolutely nothing has changed in Westeros since we were last there, except for perceptions. I spent most of the fist episode going “okay, so here’s who they didn’t kill”. Full Story

A few members of the cast of Game Of Thrones, along with George R R Martin and showrunners, David Benioff and DB Weiss, were at the television academy yesterday in advance of the Season 3 premiere on March 31...
Are you ready?!?
Did I mention Arya is adorable in real life and Bran is SO pretty it’s unfair? There’s none of that Hollywood Machine Child to either of them. Full Story

They were at the HBO party. I just did a brief search for Rose Leslie who plays Gidget or whatever and she didn’t come up although that doesn’t mean she wasn’t there since American photographers don’t really recognise British actors, including Michelle Dockery who was mislabelled “Rumer Willis” for a while on Getty Images. Full Story

WAR IS COMING.OK! Because I am ready!You must be ready too, right?On April 1st, Game of Thrones is back with Season 2. FINALLY.Which means, if you didn’t watch Season 1, you now have a month to catch up and join. People went apesh-t over this show. I went apesh-t over this show. Even Duana, and she doesn’t usually go apesh-t over shows that don’t involve high school, is apesh-t over this show. Full Story

HBO released a new teaser trailer for Season 2 of Game of Thrones yesterday just as select members of the cast were at the SAG Awards. I’m sorry there aren’t more photos. I’m sorry I couldn’t find any of Jason Momoa and Alfie Allen who were at the GoT table but who were not all that attractive to photographers. Full Story

As Sarah noted in her post earlier, Game of Thrones was a huge draw this weekend at Comic-Con. The line was long for the panel. Unfortunately – for me at least – there was no standard line for the media. They allowed 2 or 3 of the big outlets a few questions but it wasn’t a regular situation where the press were invited to a specific event. Full Story

Oftentimes at festivals and conventions, the best parties are the late parties, or not even a party but the bar or lounge everyone just ends up at the end of the night. Summit had a party yesterday and several celebrities, including the Twilight people, made flyby appearances but those are mostly glad-hand affairs and it’s not an environment where they can kinda just kick it and let loose. Full Story

If you haven’t watched last night’s episode, you need to skip this post now and come back to it later. MAJOR SPOILER ahead. Be warned. So… See? I would have been hugely disappointed in the show, in the writing, in all of it if they hadn’t gone through with it. Because at that point, there was no other choice: Ned had to die. Full Story